On Wednesday 08 June 2011 07:43:12 Michael Sgier wrote: > why not simply change the fgfs licence once and for all? Android is not all > GPL anymore...we could do the very same.-
Would you really want to restrict the very freedoms that made FlightGear such a successful project, just to have some legal means against some shady people who try to fool the uninformed into paying some money for FG? Chances are, that a different license would not even help, since you couldn't even find out who to sue. I do not have much code in FG, but I for one would absolutely oppose such a useless and destructive move. If not for the freedom, I would never have bothered with FG. I would just have payed a couple of bucks for X- Plane and be flying. Yes, it leaves a very sour taste that people who have contributed nothing are earning money (we don't know how well they do btw.) while the people who did the work get nothing. But the truth is that we wouldn't get anything in any case and we chose it that way. People are cheated every day and thiefs get loads of money. It's sad, but nothing will change that. If you really want to fight those scamers, there's a very simple way to do that: inform people. Marketing. People who know about FlightGear will not pay for an outdated copy. Go out and write about FG in aviation forums and blogs. Write letters to aviation magazines which include articles about flight sims. Write about FG in all the social media you use. Post loads of cool videos on Youtube. Be visible! Everyone can help here and it takes only minutes for every action. This helps not only preventing people from getting fooled, but also to get more users and hopefully contributers which is a hell of a lot better than having to deal with law suits, distracting developers and reducing freedom. I say let's change the fight into one they simply cannot win. That way we will not only stop losing something, but actively win visibility, users and contributers. Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
